Presented in the Lower Level Meeting Room at the Appleton Public Library on Sunday, September 7, 2-3pm.

Presentation by Bill Jamerson, filmmaker, songwriter, and author of Big Shoulders, a historical novel that follows a year in the life of a seventeen-year-old youth from Detroit who enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937.

Reserve Bill Jamerson's film Camp Forgotten: the Civilian Conservaton Corps in Michigan - "Camp Forgotten explores the role of the CCC in Michigan. Some of their projects included the building of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Caberfae Ski Area, and the transport of moose from Isle Royale to the Upper Peninsula. The only Native American CCC camp in the nation was also in the state, Camp Marquette. Camp Forgotten includes interviews with over a dozen CCC members who vividly describe life in camp and how the experience changed their lives. Combining archival footage and photographs with location cinematography of CCC-built structures, this timeless program tells the dramatic story of how young men discovered their potential as productive citizens while restoring Michigan's devasted wilderness"--Container.

Learn more about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), including a brief history. Browse the American Memory Collection from the Library of Congress, or visit the CCC Museum in Rhinelander, WI.

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